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WHATSAPP EXPLOITED (AGAIN)
The famous US based, closed source, facebook owned app, with multiple past vulnerabilities, advertised as e2e encrypted app, exploited again.
Never forget, Whatsapp founders SOLD whatsapp(users), a "Free app" for $19+ Billion to Zuckerberg - largest acquisition of a venture-backed company in history
Owner agreed selling users privacy to Facebook; before asking users to #DeleteFacebook

WHAT
> WhatsApp Voice Calls Used to Inject NSO Group Spyware on phones (various OS incl. Android & IOS)
> A buffer overflow vulnerability in VOIP SRTCP protocol > CVE-2019-3568
> Patched in may 2019
> Whatsapp took >5 months after patching to "inform" those exploited
> Some proof that exploits were used as early as 2017, as per citizenlab data
> For iOS "Trust Apple" fanboys -2016 & 2019

HOW
>Citizenlab tracked NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware to
Operations in 45 Countries
36 Operators
10 Operators with infections in other countries
6 Operators linked to countries with history of using spyware to target human rights in civil society
> DETAILS - Tracking Spyware Operations in 45 Countries
> PDF manual of PEGASUS spyware #GoodRead
> NSO told buyers they can surreptitiously scrape all of an individual’s data from the servers of Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft,

WHO
> Citizen Lab Volunteered to help Whatsapp identify cases where the suspected targets of this attack were members of civil society
> (As of now) More than 1400 human rights defenders, journalists, academicians, lawyers were believed to be hacked using malware sold by NSO Group
> WhatsApp 'hack' is serious rights violation, say victims. Activists across countries like UAE, Morocco, Rwanda, India, Bahrain, Mexico & US speak out
> Govt officials around the globe targeted too-Reuters

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